Airtight vs Leakproof - What's the difference?
airtight | leakproof |
Being impermeable to air or other gases.
(figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws.
(figuratively, of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted.
* 1908 , The Plumbers Trade Journal , Plumbers’ Trade Journal Publishing Company, volume 44:
* 1915 April, Annals of Iowa , Historical Department of Iowa, series 3, volume 12, page 599:
Resistant to leaks; hermetic, sound; as of a dry cell battery.
* 1904, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (Great Britain), Bulletin , Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (Great Britain) (1904), p. 22,
*:"In mining work difficult laying conditions, limited space, and movements of the ground, all combine to make the installation of a leakproof main with ordinary joints a very difficult matter."
* 1929, Victor Wilfred Pagé, Modern Aviation Engines: design-construction-operation and repair, […] , Norman W. Henley Publishing Company (1929), p. 1589,
*:"Leakproof tanks shall be provided on all airplanes for service use unless the tanks are completely protected by armor."
* 1967, Edward Locker Delmar-Morgan, Maintenance of Inboard Engines , Newnes (1967), p. 115,
*:"There are two subdivisions in the flashlight dry cell range, the ordinary cheap one and the better-quality leakproof cell."
As adjectives the difference between airtight and leakproof
is that airtight is being impermeable to air or other gases while leakproof is resistant to leaks; hermetic, sound; as of a dry cell battery.airtight
English
Alternative forms
* air-tight * air tightAdjective
(en adjective)- We have an airtight argument they won’t be able to punch holes in.
- when Roger asked for $100 to take the preliminary steps to establish his claim, Mike yelled like a Hebrew auctioneer, for he was air-tight and squeezed a dollar until the woman on it yelled.
- He was ‘air-tight ,’ close-mouthed, and had but few confidants or intimate friends, but numerous acquaintances.